BACULUS
\bˈakjʊləs], \bˈakjʊləs], \b_ˈa_k_j_ʊ_l_ə_s]\
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A rod, staff, or wand, used in old English practice in making livery of seisin where no building stood on the land, (Bract. 40;) a stick or wand, by the erection of which on the land involved In a real action the defendant was summoned to put in his appearance; this was called "baculus nuntiatorius." 3 Bl. Comm. 279.
By Henry Campbell Black
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Bacillum.
By Robley Dunglison
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